SVIDLER vs SHANKLAND – HOOGEVEEN MATCH 2018 GAME 2

This is game 2 from the Hoogeveen Match of 2018. It is between Peter Svidler with White against Samuel Shankland with Black.

This game features an English Opening. To learn more about the English Opening, here is the best instruction book I could find on Amazon.

Svidler,Peter (2756) - Shankland,Samuel (2722)

Hoogeveen Matches 2018 Hoogeveen (2), 22.10.2018

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e3 Nf6 5.d4 cxd4 6.exd4 d5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qb3 Nxc3 9.Bc4 e6 10.bxc3 Bd7 A35: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 Nf3

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11.Bb5N [11.Bd3 Qc7 (11...Na5 12.Qc2 (12.Qd1 Rc8 13.0–0 Bg7 14.Ba3 Bf8 15.Bxf8 Kxf8 16.Rc1 Kg7 17.Qe2 Qf6 18.Ne5 Bc6 19.f4 h5 20.c4 Rcd8 21.Qe3 b6 22.Rf2 h4 23.h3 Bb7 24.c5 Rc8 25.Rfc2 bxc5 26.Rxc5 Qd8 Djurhuus,R (2315)-Berg,K (2370)/Copenhagen 1988/TD/1–0 (31)) 12...Rc8 (12...Bc6 13.Qe2 Qd6 14.0–0 Bg7 15.a4 Qc7 16.Ba3 Bf8 17.Bxf8 Kxf8 18.Ne5 Kg7 19.Rfe1 Rac8 20.h4 h5 21.Nxf7 Qxf7 22.Qe5+ Qf6 23.Qxa5 Bd5 24.Be4 Rhf8 25.f3 Qxh4 26.Bxd5 exd5 27.Qxd5 Hague,B (2188)-Gilbert,J (2061)/Birmingham 2001/CBM 079 ext/1–0 (74)) 13.0–0 Qc7 14.Qe2 Bg7 15.Ba3 Nc4 16.Bc5 Nd6 17.Ne5 b6 18.Bb4 a5 19.Ba3 0–0 20.Rab1 Rfd8 21.Bxd6 Qxd6 22.Nc4 Qf4 23.Rxb6 Bc6 24.Ne3 Ba8 25.Nd1 e5 26.Ba6 Van der Sterren,P (2470)-Hansen,C (2560)/Wijk aan Zee 1988/CBM 005/½–½ (61)) 12.0–0 f6 13.c4 Rc8 14.Bd2 b6 15.d5 Nd8 16.Bc3 Bg7 17.Rfe1 e5 18.Rad1 Nf7 19.Nd4 0–0 20.Ne6 Bxe6 21.dxe6 Nh6 22.c5 Kh8 23.Ba6 Rcd8 24.cxb6 axb6 25.Bb4 Nf5 Kindermann,S (2490)-Zollbrecht,J (2200)/Munich 1985/MCD/1–0 (31); 11.Qxb7? is no good 11...Rb8 12.Qa6 Rb6–+] 

11...a6 12.Be2 Na5 13.Qb1 Rc8 Black threatens to win material: Rc8xc3 

14.0–0 

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14...f6 Controls e5+g5 [Instead of 14...Rxc3 15.Bb2 Rc8 16.d5²] 

15.c4 b6 16.c5 bxc5 17.dxc5 Bxc5 

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18.Bxa6 White has a new passed pawn: a2 

18...Rb8 Black threatens to win material: Rb8xb1 

19.Qc2 White threatens to win material: Qc2xc5 

19...Qb6 Black threatens to win material: Qb6xa6 

20.Bd3 Ke7 Black loses the right to castle 

21.Bf4 

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21...Bd6 [¹21...Rbc8!?= is an interesting alternative] 

22.Bxd6+± Qxd6 23.Rfd1 Qb6 24.Rab1 Qa7 25.Qd2 Ba4 26.Rxb8 Rxb8 27.Qh6 Rf8 28.Rc1 Rf7 29.Qf4 Nc6 30.Be4 g5 31.Qd2 

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31...Qb6?? the position is going down the drain [¹31...Nd8±] 

32.Qc3+- 

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32...Kd7 [32...Nb4 33.Rb1 Nxa2 34.Qa3+ Qd6 35.Qxa4+-] 

33.Qd3+ [¹33.Qc4!? makes it even easier for White 33...Bb5 34.Qb3 Qa6 35.Rd1+ Ke8+-] 

33...Kc7 [33...Ke7 34.Qa3+ Qb4 35.Qxb4+ Nxb4+-] 

34.Qc4 [34.Qc4 Bb5 35.Qxe6+-]  1–0